Texas Rangers pitcher Vicente Padilla is recovering from the swine flu, according to the team.
Padilla stayed home several days, missing a start on Wednesday while he battled the virus.
The team said Padilla responded well to treatment with Tamiflu.
Several other members of the team were hit with the flu bug and the team offered anyone wanting to take Tamiflu that option.
The Rangers held a team meeting Wednesday explaining the situation and advising everyone to take necessary hygiene precautions.
The flu forced the team to delay its flight to Kansas City from Thursday to Friday morning in order to provide additional recovery time.
"Without speculating, I think it is reasonable to expect that we may find some of our other guys have it," Rangers assistant general manager Thad Levine said. "We've been medicating our players. We would use the same medication and the same kind program to rehabilitate them and they've all shown improvement. Those are the positive signs."
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Padilla is already getting better. He ran in the outfield and threw a side session Friday in Kansas City and is expected to start Tuesday against Detroit, though the Rangers separated him from the team to avoid exposing others to the flu.
"As an extra precaution, we have encouraged him to go back to the hotel tonight and not sit in the dugout or the clubhouse. He's done that," Levine said. "I think we'll continue to take that level of precaution, and in addition (with) everyone else."
Texas catcher Jarrod Saltalamacchia was scratched from Friday night's game due to the flu.
